Coco

ignoring his politically married wife isn't a malicious move. obsession for a male lead that's very green has becoming weird. is a man not allowed to have trauma and keep it to himself he owed no one to explain not until the trust between them grows. so def he didn't owe it to the OG either.

he was very nice already he gave her all she supposed to get as lawful wife, didn't restrict her movement, didn't cheat on her, didn't abuse her or his child. likened his action to incel is such a karen move or whatever female equivalent of incel is. contexts matter. real incel would do worse

aside from that, child neglect is bad but even the nicest parents can still do it unknowingly, not all parents able to do it right the first time especially when the child is an accident or even worse. noah was finely clothed and well fed something that can be envied already by a lot of children. ofc child neglect is still bad and he need to atone or make up for it. i am not child neglect apology. however understanding and support can be given to changing parents so they can do better instead worse.

as from events in OG story, it all happened due to the OG plot so in my mind those OG characters before MC appeared were like puppet following a script. and there's no need to count about what could have happened. just think of it like parallel world.

anyway dont make the expectation of ml become as toxic as toxic masculinity. btw there's also similar story from the rofan webtoon side, become a Cinderella step mother something. i think it's received well.

ofc i know not everyone think this male lead is completely bad, but i see no one defend him from being likened to incel using this reason so here it is. in case there will be new readers with such thought

oh it's actually a folk tale that kappa will take out a ball/marble (some sort spiritual thing) out of someone ass i forget for what. this is funny to children and so you know where the children gesture of stabbing someone's ass come from in anime/manga. if you want to see more, watch clip of saranzamai. it's a kappa magical boys anime